A spellbinding journey through time and cultures Annie Thornton, an English midwife and apprentice witch, her telepathic cat, Rosamund, and her witchy Aunt Meg, travel to 17th-century London to see William Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.Overcrowded London is bursting at the seams with the privileged, the poor and the rogues. A bag of silver brought by the travellers to purchase food and lodging becomes a target sought by criminal gangs who will stop at nothing to achieve their goal.In constant danger, Annie and Meg must devise clever plans with the help of Shakespeare and a touch of magic to bring justice to the London gangs.